County Plan

Landowner Group Committed To Bringing Fresh Thinking, New Ideas to County ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, Alberta – Landowners have hired long-term resident Eric Lowther as executive director of Rockyview2020, a growing group committed to developing a progressive, sustainable future while honouring the heritage, beauty and rural character of their large County…

Rocky View County Council Oct. 1 approved the County Plan but asked administration to develop a process through which changes can be proposed leading up to a critically important one-year review. Council adopted only a few changes to the Plan, which was heavily criticized by a broad spectrum of stakeholders,…

Staff report being prepared to address what changes to recommend During two days of public hearings, residents clearly told Council that the proposed Rocky View County Plan has major flaws and will have a negative impact on land values, retirement plans and, almost certainly, the County’s fiscal health. Council will…

Several ranchers and farmers have told the Public Hearing into the Rocky View County Plan that they are deeply concerned about dropping agriculture land values and the impact it will have on retirements and the ability to borrow money to fund capital expenditures and operations. Their concerns are supported by…

Rocky View County produced a report in 2012 (dated September 5, 2012) called Land Inventory and Residential Development Capacity (the “Report”). The Report attempted to estimate the amount of housing that could be built if development proceeds according to approved County plans and policy. It concludes that within areas with…

Rocky View Council will give citizens another opportunity to comment on the proposed County Plan when the Public Hearing into the much-criticized document continues July 23. The decision to keep the Public Hearing open to allow more people to comment was taken after a long first day of the session…

By Robert Weston and Al Schule And David Brezsnyak, Calgary Herald, June 25, 2013 Today, councillors at Rocky View County will hold one of their most important meetings ever – one that will have enormous, and potentially negative, impact on the quality of life both current and future residents enjoy…

The County has prepared a new master plan to guide development and services for the next 10 years. Council will consider adopting the plan on June 25th. Make sure your voice is heard by attending the Open House on Wednesday, May 29th. Where: County Administration Building, 911 – 32 Avenue,…

In 1995, then Premier Ralph Klein scrapped Alberta’s Regional Planning Commissions (RPC’s) including the Calgary Regional Planning Commission (CRPC). The RPC’s gave urban communities legal authority to exercise control outside their boundaries. Urban municipalities had a say in what other municipalities did. One of the CRPC’s biggest successes was forcing…